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Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve

Illinois rates for HCPCS 64727

Using an operating microscope, the surgeon opens the outer sheath of a nerve and separates the fine bundles inside it from scar tissue that is squeezing them. It is done as part of a larger operation to release a trapped or scarred nerve. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freeing Scar Tissue Inside A Nerve cost?

$960

Typical total for the visit. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$178 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$324 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $155 to $3,548Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $170 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $741professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$812.83
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$380.19
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 20.9 times more in Alabama than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Illinois· 24th of 51

$960

$219 physician + $741 facility

AL $7,181DE $344

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.